Avision AV36 User manual

Mobile Scanner

User’s Manual

Regulatory model: FL-0914S

Avision Inc.

Trademarks

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Corporation.

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Machines Corp.

ENERGY STAR

®

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Other brands and product names herein are trademarks or

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in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic,

optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior

written permission of Avision Inc.

Material scanned by this product may be protected by

governmental laws and other regulations, such as copyright

laws, the customer is solely responsible for complying with all

such laws and regulations.

Warranty

The information contained in this document is subject to

change without notice.

Avision makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this

material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties

of fitness for a particular purpose.

Avision shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for

incidental or consequential damages in connection with the

furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

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FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This product has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of

the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two

conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful

interference, and (2) this device must accept any

interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation. The FCC Class B limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that

interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this

equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning

the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to

correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

 Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

different from that to which the receiver is connected.

 Consult your point of purchase or service representative

for additional suggestions.

CE Warning

This product satisfies the Class B limits of EN55022, EN55024

and safety requirements of EN 60950.

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Disposal of Waste Equipment

This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that

the product can not be disposed of with your other household

waste. Instead it should be sent to appropriate facilities for

recovery and recycling in an effort to protect human health and

the environment. Fore more information about where you can

drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact

your local city office, your household waste disposal service or

the shop where you purchased the product.

As an ENERGY STAR

®

Partner, Avision Inc. has

determined that this product meets the ENERGY

STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

*This machine is certified as Class 1 laser product. This means

that this machine does not produce hazardous laser radiation.

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System Requirements

¾ IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher

¾ Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista,

Windows 7

¾ USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1)

¾ At least 100 MB of free hard disk space (500 MB is

recommended)

¾ At least 128 MB of system memory (512 MB of RAM is

recommended)

At least 1 GB of RAM for Windows Vista/7

¾ A CD-ROM drive

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction..............................................1-1

2. Scanner Installation..................................2-1

2.1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables .......2-1

2.1.1 Installing the Scanner Driver .............2-2

2.1.2 Connecting to Computer ...................2-3

3. Completing Your First Scan .......................3-1

3.1 Placing Your Document ...............................3-1

3.1.1 Notice on Using the ADF....................3-1

3.1.2 Loading Paper to the Paper Feed Slot..3-2

3.1.3 Loading A Card to the Paper Feed Slot 3-3

3.2 Verifying Your Scanner Installation ...............3-4

3.2 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box3-8

3.3 Scan from the scanner button......................3-9

4. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box ..4-1

4.1 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 4-2

4.2 The Image Tab ..........................................4-4

4.2.1 The Image Selection Box...................4-5

4.2.2 Other Image Options........................4-8

4.2.3 Scanning color images.................... 4-18

4.2.4 Scanning grayscale images.............. 4-19

4.2.5 Scanning B&W images.................... 4-19

4.2.6 Editing Profiles............................... 4-20

4.3 The Compression Tab ............................... 4-23

4.4 The Color Dropout Tab.............................. 4-25

4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection .................. 4-25

4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options............ 4-27

4.5 The Paper Tab ......................................... 4-29

4.5.1 Cropping....................................... 4-30

4.5.2 Other Paper Selection..................... 4-32

4.6 The Multi-Feed Detection Tab..................... 4-35

4.6.1 Relative to Document ..................... 4-43

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4.7

The Preview Tab ...................................... 4-46

4.8 The Options Tab....................................... 4-47

4.9 The Setting Tab ....................................... 4-55

4.10 The Imprinter Tab ................................. 4-58

4.11 The Information Tab .............................. 4-61

5. The ISIS Interface Operation....................5-1

6. Using the Buttons......................................6-1

6.1 Installing Button Manager............................6-1

6.2 Checking Button Configurations Before

Scanning..................................................6-1

6.3 Scanning From One Touch of the Button........6-3

7. Care and Maintenance...............................7-1

7.1 Cleaning the Scanner Glass .........................7-1

8. Troubleshooting........................................8-1

8.1 Clearing a Paper Jam..................................8-1

8.2 Frequently Asked Questions.........................8-1

8.3 Technical Service .......................................8-2

9. Specifications............................................9-1

Index .................................................................. a

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1. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the color image

scanner. With this scanner, you can scan documents at a

fast rate to increase productivity.

Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take

a few minutes to read through this manual. It provides

proper instructions for you to unpack, install, operate and

maintain the scanner.

The following figure indicates the package contents. Please

check all the items against your checklist. If you do not

receive all the items, please contact your authorized local

dealer immediately.

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1. Scanner

2. Quick guide/CD

3. USB cable

Note:

Please unpack the packing carefully, and check the contents

against the checklist. If any items are missing or damaged,

please contact your dealer immediately.

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2. Scanner Installation

Precautions

 Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct

exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause

damage to the unit.

 Do not install the scanner in a humid or dusty place.

 Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface.

Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or

paper-feeding problems.

 Retain the scanner box and packing materials for

shipping purposes.

2.1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables

Note:

1. The Windows system CD may be required when installing

on some PC’s.

2. To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner,

please install scanner driver first before connecting the

scanner to your computer.

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2.1.1 Installing the Scanner Driver

1. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive.

2. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run

“setup.exe”.

Contents on the installation graphic:

• Install Button Manager: To use the buttons on

the scanner, you need to install Button Manager. To

ensure Button Manager works properly, please FIRST

install Button Manager before installing the scanner

driver.

• Install Scanner Driver: To communicate with your

scanner, you need to install the scanner driver. After

installing the Button Manager software, click Install

Scanner Driver to install the scanner driver on

your computer.

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• Install Adobe Reader: To view the user’s manuals

for the scanner and Button Manager, you need to

use Adobe Reader to open and view the manuals in

PDF file format. If you already have Adobe Reader

installed on your computer, you may disregard this

item.

• View Manual: Click “View Manual” to view or

print the detailed user manual for the scanner and

Button Manager respectively.

3. Click Install Button Manager to install the Button Manager

software and then click Install Scanner Driver to install the

scanner driver on your computer.

2.1.2 Connecting to Computer

The scanner will get its power from the computer through the

USB cable. Use the USB cable that came with the scanner to

connect the scanner to the computer.

1. Connect the square end of the USB cable to the USB port of

your scanner. Connect the rectangle end to the USB port of

your computer.

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2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a

“New Hardware Found” message.

3. In Windows 2000, confirms that the “Search for a better

driver.” is selected and click the “Next” button.

In Windows XP, click the Next button to continue. When

the XP certification screen appears, click Continue

Anyway to complete the installation.

In Windows Vista, click the Recommended option, and

then click Continue button to complete the installation.

4. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish

button.

5. Click “View Manual” to view or print the detailed user

manual for the scanner and bundled applications

respectively.

3. Completing Your First

Scan

3.1 Placing Your Document

3.1.1 Notice on Using the ADF

Before using the ADF, please make sure that your paper meets

the following specifications:

• Document(s) can range in size from 2.9 by 2.1 inches to

8.5 by 14 inches (Legal).

• Document(s) can range in weight from 13.3 to 32 lbs (50

~ 120 g/m

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)

• Plastic ID cad up to 1.25 mm thick

• Document(s) should be square or rectangular and in good

condition (not fragile or worn).

• Document(s) should be free of curl, wrinkle, tears, wet

ink, or punch holes.

• Document(s) should be free of staples, paper clips, paper

sticky notes.

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3.1.2 Loading Paper to the Paper Feed Slot

The scanner is a duplex scanner, which means it can scan

one side of the page or both sides of the page at the same

time. However, the scanner can only scan one page at a

time.

1. To scan a single side of the page, insert the page facing

up with the top of the page pointing to the paper feed slot.

2. To scan both sides of the page, insert the 1

st

page facing

up with the top of the page pointing to the paper feed slot.

3. Align the original to the left side of the paper feed slot.

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3.1.3 Loading A Card to the Paper Feed Slot

1. Place the card face up with the long dimension parallel to

the paper feed slot and make sure the top of the card

points to the paper feed slot.

2. Align the original to the left side of the paper feed slot.

Note:

This scanner is able to scan plastic ID cards from the front

input tray. Plastic ID cards up to 1.25 mm (0.05 inch) thick.

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3.2 Verifying Your Scanner Installation

To verify if your scanner installation is correct, Avision provides

you a useful test program called Avision Capture Tool. With

this tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured

images. In addition, it helps you complete your scan at a rated

speed.

The following procedure describes how to verify your scanner

installation. If the installation is not correct, please review the

preceding section to check if the cable connection and scanner

driver have been successfully installed.

Before you begin, be sure the scanner is on.

1. Select Start>Programs>Avision AVxxx Scanner>Avision

Capture Tool.

The Select Scanner Model dialog box will be displayed.

2. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK.

The following Avision Capture Tool dialog box will be

displayed.

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Fit

Page

Actual

Size

Save File Path

File Format

Setup

Scan

3. Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop

down list box. (Default is BMP, other choice includes TIFF,

GIF, and JPEG.)

4. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File

Path box. (Default is C:\My Scan\Image.)

Note: If you do not wish to save the scanned image,

deselect the Save button since default is Save Enable. In

this case, the thumbnail view will be disabled. And

therefore, after viewing all the scanned images, only the

last one will remain on the screen.

5. Click the Setup button (

) or choose Setup from the

File menu to prompt the Scanner Properties dialog box.

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Image

Selection

Box

6. From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image

type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If

you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan

both sides of your document.

7. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box. (To

learn more details about the Scanner Properties dialog box,

please see the subsequent chapter, Using the Scanner

Properties Dialog Box.)

8. Place your document face down on the document glass or

face up in the auto document feeder.

9. In the Scan Validation dialog box, click the Scan button

(

) or choose Scan from the File menu.

10. The document will be scanned and displayed in the Scan

Validation screen. After the scanned images have been

displayed, your scanner installation verification is

completed.

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Status Bar

Fit Page View

Thumbnail View

11. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page (

) or

Actual Size (100%) button (

) from the Viewing toolbars

at the right side.

12. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the

Scan Validation Tool.

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3.2 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box

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1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout,

Paper, Options, Settings, Information.

2. Image

Selection Box

Choose your image type and the side of

document you wish to scan. Options vary

based on type of scanner.

3. Brightness: Adjust the brightness level from –100 to +100.

4. Contrast Adjust the contrast level from –100 to +100.

5. Resolution

Determine the quality of the scanned image.

The industry standard is 200 dpi.

6. Invert Reverse the color of your scanned image.

7. Scan Source

Choice: Auto Document Feeder, Flatbed,

Flatbed (Book), Automatic (varies due to

different scanner model)

8. Defaults Reset all values on the tabs to the factory

default settings.

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